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IPFW DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
presents
A Doll's House
Set Design
MARK RIDGEWAY
Technical Direction
BILL KERCHEVAL
By
HENRIK IBSEN
Adapted By
FRANK MCGUINNESS
***
Costume Design
CRAIG A. HUMPHREY
***
Costume Supervision
THOMAS JOHN
BERNARD
***
Directed by
JEFF CASAZZA
Lighting Design
MARK RIDGEWAY
Stage Manager
BRENT BRUIN
A DOLL'S HOUSE is produced through special arrangement with
Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 440 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10016
CAST
(IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
Nora Helmer ........................................................................... BREONA CONRAD
Torvald Helmer .............................................................................. AARON MANN
Kristine Linde ............................................................................. JESSICA BUTLER
Nils Krogstad .................................................................................. JON KASUNIC
Dr. Rank ................................................................................. ADAM HAMILTON
Anne-Marie .............................................................. STEPHANIE VANDERWALL
Helene .......................................................................................... JESSICA SISSON
Messenger ............................................................................... DANNY GARETTO
Ivar ........................................................................................... JACOB SHEPPARD
Emmy ...................................................................................... SARAH JAWORSKI
The play takes place in 1893 in the Helmers' living room
in a small Norwegian town.
ACT ONE
Christmas Eve. Morning.
There will be a 1 0-minute intermission.
ACT1WO
Christmas Day. Late Afternoon.
There will be a 1 0-minute intermission.
ACT THREE
Day After Christmas. Night.
Law prohibits the photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of
any device for such photographing or sound recording inside this theatre. Without the written
permission from the management for photographing or sound recording, violators may be
punished by ejection, and violations may re11der the offender liable for monetary damages.
Please tum off all cell phones.
As a courtesy to the actors, we ask that you remain in your seat until the curtain call is finished.
This play was selected for its artistic and academic value. The selection and performance of the
play do not constitute an endorsement by Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne or
Purdue Univel."sity of ~e viewpoints conveyed by the play.
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY
BUTLER (Kristine Linde) is a senior theatre major and dance minor at
She was last seen on as a singer/dancer in the Fort Wayne Philharmonics'
Holiday Pops Concert and as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at the Fort Wayne
Civic Theatre. Her IPFW credits include The Crucible, On the 20th Century, Merrily
~Roll Along, Oklahoma!, Fool For Love, Talking with ... , and Babes in Arms. Butler
has also earned Irene Ryan Nominations for her roles in The Comedy of Errors and
Hay Fever. She has also appeared in the 24-Hour Playhouse. She works at Diskey
Architectural Signs as a secretary. In her spare time, Butler is involved in scholarship
pageants and is the reigning Miss IPFW for 2008 and will compete in Miss Indiana
this summer.
BREONA CONRAD (Nora Helmer) was most recently in The Lark and On the
20th Century at IPFW. Conrad earned an Irene Ryan Nomination her performance
in On the 20th Century. Her other credits include The Effects of Gamma Rays ... , The
Last Days of judas Iscariot, The Crucible, Babes in Arms, The Comedy of Errors, Bus
Stop, Talking With ... , Moments, Oklahoma!, and her favorite role, Zaneeta, in The
Music Man at IPFW. She has also appeared in A Chorus Line and Crazy for You at
the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre. Conrad also appeared in A Shot in the Dark at Arena
Dinner Theatre, for which she was nominated for an Arena Award. Conrad has been
an employee of the scene shop, Suzy Fuelling Dance Studio, and Starbucks. Conrad
is a senior theatre major and music minor at IPFW.
DANNY GARETTO (Messenger) joins the Department ofTheatre in his second
year at IPFW. Originally from Rensselaer, Ind., he has worked on several shows in
high school and with Retro Act Productions. Garetto also performed with Retro Act
Productions in Butterflies are Free.
ADAM HAMILTON (Dr. Rank) is a graduate of Northrop High School and is
currently a sophomore theatre major at IPFW. He has served as deck/assistant stage
manager for Tape, stage manager for The Effects of Gamma Rays ... , and appeared in
The Crucible and The Lark.
JON KASUNIC (Nils Krogstad) is a junior theatre major at IPFW majoring in act­ing.
Most recently, Kasunic appeared in The Lark at IPFW. Last season, Kasunic
appeared in The Crucible and The Exonerated at IPFW. In his spare time, he works as
a server at the Olive Garden.
AARON MANN (Torvald Helmer) is a junior theatre major at IPFW. Mann trans­ferred
from Wabash College where he received the Fine Arts Fellowship for entering
freshmen. Mann was last seen in IPFW's Waiting for Godot. Mann also appeared in
The Lark, Tape, On the 20th Century, Babes in Arms, and served as house manager for
The Crucible. Mann appeared in I Remember Mama, Annie, and Kiss Me, Kate at the
Huron Playhouse in Ohio.
JESSICA SISSON (Helene) is originally from Jacksonville, N.C. by way ofWawaka,
Ind. Currently a junior theatre major, she most recently appeared in More Fun
Than Bowling, for which she received the Irene Ryan Nomination. Her other cred-its
include understudying the role of the Trash Can in On the 20th Century, Mercy
Lewis in The Crucible, and her favorite role as Janice Vickery in The Effects of Gamma
Rays .... When not in class or at rehearsal, Sisson works as a sandwich artist at the
Kendallville WalMart Subway and also as a member of the IPFW Department of
Theatre Box Office.
STEPHANIE VANDERWALL (Anne-Marie) is a senior theatre major at IPFW.
In the fall, Vanderwall appeared as Joan in The Lark in completion of her Senior
Performance Project requirement. Other roles include Fabiana Azizia Cunningham
in The Last Days of judas Iscariot in the Studio Theatre, Elizabeth Proctor in The
Crucible, Adriana in The Comedy of Errors, Amy in Tape, and Myra in Hay Fever.
JEFF CASAZZA (Director) is pleased to direct his first production for the IPFW
Department ofTheatre. Before receiving his M.F.A. in Directing from Florida State
University, he spent five years in various positions with the SteppenwolfTheatre in
Chicago while acting, writing, and directing for area theatres. Notable Chicago cred­its
include directing Antigone at Steppenwolf and a Joseph Jefferson Citation in play­writing
for his adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo (with David Zak). He and
his wife, Karin, created the Renegade Theatre Company to produce summer theatre
in Tallahassee, Fla., where he directed A Midsummer Night's Dream. His relationship
with Midsummer continued with his internship in London, where he worked with
Jonathan Miller on the play. He then spent two summers in North Carolina direct­ing
The Tempest and Macbeth at The Waterside Theatre while working as an assistant
stage manager for The Lost Colony. Before coming to IPFW, he spent several years
working in various capacities at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, primarily as the assis­tant
to the artistic director. While in the Indianapolis area, he directed for several the­atres
including the Phoenix, Bridgework, Edyvean, Indianapolis Civic, and numer­ous
universities. In 2003, the Arts Council of Indianapolis awarded him a Creative
Renewal Arts Fellowship, which allowed him to spend two summers training with
Anne Bogart and the SITI Company. Most recently, he was a visiting member of the
performance faculty at Purdue University, where he received Certificates of Merit in
Directing for his productions of As Bees in Honey Drown and Metamorphoses.
MARK RIDGEWAY (Set/Lighting Designer) is the assistant professor of scenic
and lighting design for the IPFW Department ofTheatre. He holds an M.F.A.
in Theatrical Design from The University ofTexas at Austin, an M.A. in Theatre
History/Design Theory from Northwestern University, and a B.S. in Dramatic
Television and Film Performance from Oral Roberts University. Before coming
to IPFW, Ridgeway served as an assistant professor of theatre at the University nf
Tennessee at Chattanooga. Ridgeway has designed scene~ and lighting for numerous
productions including Waiting for Godot, The Crucible, The Exonerated, Story Theatre,.:
Comedy of Errors, Purely Dance, Merrily We Roll Along, Music Man, Medea, Hay Fever,!
Oklahoma!, Arms and the Man, and All in the Timing. He has also designed scenery
and lighting in Texas, Tennessee, and Illinois including productions of Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern are Dead, The Illusion, Gint, Vinegar Tom, Baby with the Bathwater,
Caucasian Chalk Circle, 27 wagons Full of Cotton, This Property is Condemned, Talk
to the Rain ... and Let Me Listen, Chalky White Substance, The Coronation of Poppea,
Holiday, Wonderland!, and Never in My Lifetime. This past spring, Ridgeway directed
the Studio Theatre's production of Tape by Stephen Belber and a staged reading of
The Last Days of judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Most recently, he designed
Can-Can, Picnic, Sweet Charity, and Little Shop of Horrors for Tibbits Opera House
in Michigan. Ridgeway has worked with The Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Sharir
Dance Company, University ofTexas Opera Theatre, and University ofTennessee
Theatre Company as a designer or scenic artist.
CRAIG A. HUMPHREY (Costume Designer) is associate professor of costume
design and director of design/technology for the IPFW Department ofTheatre.
He has an M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts and a B.F.A. from Indiana
University of Pennsylvania. He directed the IPFW productions of The Lark, The
Crucible, On the Twentieth Century, Merrily We Roll Along, Hay Fever, Flora, The Red
Menace, She Loves Me, The Rivals, Ah, Wilderness!, Company, Arcadia, The Hot L
Baltimore, Into The Woods, and The Fantasticks. Other directorial efforts include the
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre's production of The Sound of Music and Arena Dinner
Theatre's productions of A Funny Thing Happened On The way To The Forum and
Once Upon A Mattress. His national design credits include productions in Chicago,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Mississippi. He studied with interna­tionally
renowned costume designer Laura Crow and assisted her on several produc­tions,
including the original off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's Burn
This. Locally, his designs have been seen in numerous shows, most recently including
The Crucible, Merrily We Roll Along, The Comedy of Errors, Once Upon a Mattress,
Oklahoma!, Arms and the Man, The Heiress, Macbeth, Bye Bye Birdie, The Tempest,
Arcadia, You Can't Take It With You, Dames at Sea, and Auntie Marne. As an actor,
Humphrey has appeared in The American Summer Classics Revue, Bye Bye Birdie, You
Can't Take It with You, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, The World
Goes Round, and Uncle Vtmya.
BILL KERCHEVAL (Technical Director) has worked with the IPFW Department of
Theatre since 1985. He has been a photographer, a stage manager, a house manager,
master carpenter, assistant stage manager, performer, and now technical director.
Kercheval has worked on Picasso At The Lapin Agile, The Rivals, Bye Bye Birdie, The
Tempest, You Can't Take It With You, Company, Edith Stein, Assassins, and The Hot L
Baltimore. He recently performed in The Music Man, The American Summer Classic
Revue, Funny Girl, and Into the Woods at IPFW.
THOMAS JOHN BERNARD (Costume Supervisor) is assistant professor of cos­tume
technology and the costume shop manager at IPFW. Bernard spent his summer
at Utah Shakespearean Festival where he worked on Candida and in Charlottesville,
Va., where he worked on the national tour of Gypsy. Some of his more recent designs
include On the 20th Century, Hay Fever, and Story Theater at IPFW They're
Playing Our Song for Tibbits Opera House in Coldwater, Mich. Our Town for First
Presbyterian Theatre and Greater Tuna, Oklahoma!, 1776, Out Of Order, Gypsy, and The
Wizard of Oz for the Barn Theater in Augusta, Mich. Before coming to IPFW, Bernard
was the production coordinator/ costume and scenic designer for Fargo/Moorhead
Community Theatre as well as costume director and designer for North Dakota State
University. Bernard has worked for several theatres across the country including the
Utah Shakespearean Festival, Little Theatre ofThe Rockies, The Guthrie Theatre of
Minneapolis, Phoenix Entertainment, and Summer Night in Chicago.
BRENT M. BRUIN (Stage Manager) is a senior theatre major at IPFW emphasiz­ing
in costume design and technology. Bruin's credits include The Lark, On the 20th
Century, Babes in Arms, and Merrily We Roll Along at IPFW He has also appeared
in Meet Me in St. Louis, Beauty and the Beast, and the Cole Porter Concert at the
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre. Bruin is the representative for the College of Visual and
Performing Arts to the student senate at IPFW
MARTY KERCHEVAL (Properties Designer) graduated from Purdue University
in 1996 with a degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision. Kercheval has
recently retired from Verizon and Northeast Indiana Public Radio (WBNI) and now
serves the IPFW Department ofTheatre as the resident properties designer. She has
worked as the stage manager for IPFW's Babes in Arms, The Music Man, Merrily We
Roll Along, Oklahoma!, The American Classic Summer Revue, On the Town, Bye Bye
Birdie, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. She has also designed
props for several IPFW productions including Babes in Arms, Story Theatre, Medea,
and Hay Fever. She has stage managed The Vtzgina Monologues at the Scottish Rite
Center and Lights On at the Embassy Centre.
JANET BONTRAGER (Assistant Stage Manager) is a returning student to IPFW,
majoring in theatre and focusing on directing. During her time at IPFW, she has
served as the assistant stage manger for The Lark and is stage manager of the high
school touring production of Brush Up Your Shakespeare. Bontrager works as the
drama director for Michiana Christian Home Educators in LaGrange County.
STAFF FOR A DOLL'S HOUSE
Stage Manager ........................................................................... BRENT M. BRUIN
Assistant Stage Managers ............ JANET BONTRAGER and DANNY GARETTO
Properties Designer .............................................................. MARTY KERCHEVAL
Assistant Director ........................................................................ JIM SCHNEIDER
Tarantella Choreographer ......................................... STEPHANIE VANDERWALL
Tarantella Consultant ......................................... BRITTNEYTYLER COUGHLIN
Tarantella Pianist ........................................................ HAMILTON TESCAROLLO
Carpenters ............................ JOSH CERRI, AL MOZENA, and CHRIS NELSON
Set Construction ................. MATT BERNDT, DEREK BEVER, GREG BOYLES,
JUSTIN CLEVENGER, BREONA CONRAD, BRITTANY CROW,
ADAM HAMILTON, ZACKARY HARSHMAN, NICK HENNEY,
SAMUEL HERBER, DAVID KAEHR, JON KASUNIC,
MATTHEW MASON, ALEX MILLER, JENNIFER NETTING,
JIM SCHNEIDER, MARC SCHULER, JESSICA SISSON,
JACOB SLONE, LUKE SOMMERS,
ERIC STEBBINS, and CAMI VANDERHART
Prop and Deck Crew ............... MARSHAL HEINGARTNER and JACOB SLONE
Light Board Operators .................................................................... GREG BOYLES
First Hand .......................................................................... REUBEN J. ALBAUGH
Stitchers ................................................. JANET BONTRAGER, BRENT BRUIN,
CATHERINE DEVENTER, COURTNEY ERICK, GEOFF GOELZ,
ABBY LANTZ, ASHLEY LEE, AARON MANN, KATIE O'ROUKE,
AMANDA PRATER, JESSICA SISSON,
EMILYTODD, and BRETT TUBBS
Wardrobe ................................................. DAVID KAEHR and AMANDA PATER
Sound Technician ................................................................ CAMI VANDERHART
House Manager ........................................ DAN AMBROSE and ANDY MAGNER
Box Office Manager ........................................................... REUBEN J. ALBAUGH
Box Office Personnel.. ....... BRENT BRUIN, GEOFF GOELZ, JESSICA SISSON,
AMANDA PRATER, and JAMES VELEZ
CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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In keeping with the academic mission of the IPFW Department ofTheatre, we
are pleased to introduce you to this new feature in our production program, the
Production Notes. These notes will be academic in nature and speak to you from
the point of view of one or two of the many collaborators it takes to create our
productions. This time, Jeff Casazza, director of A Doll's House, shares his thoughts
about tonight's performance. In the future, expect comments from student actors,
faculty designers, or even any combination of these artists. Enjoy this added feature,
and we hope it enhances your theatre experience.
PRODUCTION NOTES FOR A DOLL'S HOUSE
As I began my work on A Doll's House, I thought about Nora. Is this play a simple
social commentary or is it a complex tragedy? Looking at the play as a story about
feminist ideals seems to simplify this play and diminish the character of Nora. Nora is
more than a feminist icon-she is a tragic hero with all the complexities of Hamlet or
Oedipus. And if she is that hero, how do we approach the tragedy? I started with the
title, which raised several questions. Whose house is it? Who controls the house? Who
is the doll: Nora or Torvald? Or even ... are we looking at a house made for dolls and is
everyone some kind of doll?
Children still play with dolls whether they are traditional dolls or the more male­friendly
action figures. They also play house and imitate what they see their parents
doing or maybe they create a "better" house in their minds. In either case, they create
a fantasy world based on what society teaches them-and the more powerful teaching
is what children see in society rather than what they are told.
In A Doll's House, this is evident in Nora and Torvald's relationship. Both have created
a strong fantasy world built on a weak foundation of little deceptions and long ago
lies. They both imitate the world that they were taught as children and perpetuate
that world with their own children. And what's more, they are successful in the world
because they do so.
The world of A Doll's House is harsh and unforgiving. We see this in the way Kristine
Linde and Nils Krogstad have been and continue to be treated. Mistakes are not
tolerated and immoral behavior is not forgiven. Torvald, however, follows all the rules
this harsh and unforgiving society places before him, and as a result, he and Nora are
on the verge of extreme happiness as the play begins. Their lives have been a constant
struggle, but they have found a way to be happy together within that struggle. Torvald
has just been hired in a position that gives him not only high status in this society but
financial security as well. He is the epitome of what society expects of a man and a
husband. And Nora is the epitome of what society expects of a woman and a wife ... or
at least she appears to be.
Ih true melodramatic fashion, we discover that Nora hopes for the miracle of a romantic
hero, and Torvald hopes to be that hero to his damsel in distress. As the play reaches its
climax~ we see what happens when this fantasy they both share becomes a reality leading
us to the ending that shocked the theatre world more than a century ago.
What I find interesting about that shocking ending is that the shock was caused both
by Nora's actions and because Ibsen deviated from the traditional structure of the
well-made play in the last few pages. Audiences were outraged because the traditional
structure didn't allow for Nora's actions. This leads me to two more questions. What
do those of you in the audience expect of theatre today? And more to the point, if you
know Ibsen's A Doll's House, what do you expect of it?
Jeff Casazza, director
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE FACULTY AND STAFF
Interim Dean-College of Visual and Performing Arts,
Professor of Playwriting ................................................... STEVEN T. SARRATORE
Professor and Chair ................................................................ JOHN O'CONNELL
Associate Professor of Costume Design,
Director of Design Technology ......................................... CRAIG A. HUMPHREY
Assistant Professor of Scenic/Lighting Design .......................... MARK RIDGEWAY
Assistant Professor of Theatre History ................................................ SHARI TROY
Assistant Professor of Costume Technology,
Costume Shop Supervisor ........................................ THOMAS JOHN BERNARD
Assistant Professor of Acting, Directing, Movement, and Voice ...... JEFF CASAZZA
Continuing Lecturer of Dance ........................... BRITTNEY TYLER COUGHLIN
Associate Faculty-Performance and Box Office Manager ....... REUBEN ALBAUGH
Associate Faculty-Performance ..................................... MAGGIE KOLE-HUNTER
Associate Faculty-Performance .......................................................... JEFF MOORE
Associate Faculty-Dance ........................................... LISA BOTTITTA-BUSFIELD
Technical Director ...................................................................... BILL KERCHIVAL
Secretary ................................................................... JOANNE SCHULTZ-ITHIER
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IPFW DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
presents
A Doll's House
Set Design
MARK RIDGEWAY
Technical Direction
BILL KERCHEVAL
By
HENRIK IBSEN
Adapted By
FRANK MCGUINNESS
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Costume Design
CRAIG A. HUMPHREY
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Costume Supervision
THOMAS JOHN
BERNARD
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Directed by
JEFF CASAZZA
Lighting Design
MARK RIDGEWAY
Stage Manager
BRENT BRUIN
A DOLL'S HOUSE is produced through special arrangement with
Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 440 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10016
CAST
(IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
Nora Helmer ........................................................................... BREONA CONRAD
Torvald Helmer .............................................................................. AARON MANN
Kristine Linde ............................................................................. JESSICA BUTLER
Nils Krogstad .................................................................................. JON KASUNIC
Dr. Rank ................................................................................. ADAM HAMILTON
Anne-Marie .............................................................. STEPHANIE VANDERWALL
Helene .......................................................................................... JESSICA SISSON
Messenger ............................................................................... DANNY GARETTO
Ivar ........................................................................................... JACOB SHEPPARD
Emmy ...................................................................................... SARAH JAWORSKI
The play takes place in 1893 in the Helmers' living room
in a small Norwegian town.
ACT ONE
Christmas Eve. Morning.
There will be a 1 0-minute intermission.
ACT1WO
Christmas Day. Late Afternoon.
There will be a 1 0-minute intermission.
ACT THREE
Day After Christmas. Night.
Law prohibits the photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of
any device for such photographing or sound recording inside this theatre. Without the written
permission from the management for photographing or sound recording, violators may be
punished by ejection, and violations may re11der the offender liable for monetary damages.
Please tum off all cell phones.
As a courtesy to the actors, we ask that you remain in your seat until the curtain call is finished.
This play was selected for its artistic and academic value. The selection and performance of the
play do not constitute an endorsement by Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne or
Purdue Univel."sity of ~e viewpoints conveyed by the play.
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY
BUTLER (Kristine Linde) is a senior theatre major and dance minor at
She was last seen on as a singer/dancer in the Fort Wayne Philharmonics'
Holiday Pops Concert and as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at the Fort Wayne
Civic Theatre. Her IPFW credits include The Crucible, On the 20th Century, Merrily
~Roll Along, Oklahoma!, Fool For Love, Talking with ... , and Babes in Arms. Butler
has also earned Irene Ryan Nominations for her roles in The Comedy of Errors and
Hay Fever. She has also appeared in the 24-Hour Playhouse. She works at Diskey
Architectural Signs as a secretary. In her spare time, Butler is involved in scholarship
pageants and is the reigning Miss IPFW for 2008 and will compete in Miss Indiana
this summer.
BREONA CONRAD (Nora Helmer) was most recently in The Lark and On the
20th Century at IPFW. Conrad earned an Irene Ryan Nomination her performance
in On the 20th Century. Her other credits include The Effects of Gamma Rays ... , The
Last Days of judas Iscariot, The Crucible, Babes in Arms, The Comedy of Errors, Bus
Stop, Talking With ... , Moments, Oklahoma!, and her favorite role, Zaneeta, in The
Music Man at IPFW. She has also appeared in A Chorus Line and Crazy for You at
the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre. Conrad also appeared in A Shot in the Dark at Arena
Dinner Theatre, for which she was nominated for an Arena Award. Conrad has been
an employee of the scene shop, Suzy Fuelling Dance Studio, and Starbucks. Conrad
is a senior theatre major and music minor at IPFW.
DANNY GARETTO (Messenger) joins the Department ofTheatre in his second
year at IPFW. Originally from Rensselaer, Ind., he has worked on several shows in
high school and with Retro Act Productions. Garetto also performed with Retro Act
Productions in Butterflies are Free.
ADAM HAMILTON (Dr. Rank) is a graduate of Northrop High School and is
currently a sophomore theatre major at IPFW. He has served as deck/assistant stage
manager for Tape, stage manager for The Effects of Gamma Rays ... , and appeared in
The Crucible and The Lark.
JON KASUNIC (Nils Krogstad) is a junior theatre major at IPFW majoring in act­ing.
Most recently, Kasunic appeared in The Lark at IPFW. Last season, Kasunic
appeared in The Crucible and The Exonerated at IPFW. In his spare time, he works as
a server at the Olive Garden.
AARON MANN (Torvald Helmer) is a junior theatre major at IPFW. Mann trans­ferred
from Wabash College where he received the Fine Arts Fellowship for entering
freshmen. Mann was last seen in IPFW's Waiting for Godot. Mann also appeared in
The Lark, Tape, On the 20th Century, Babes in Arms, and served as house manager for
The Crucible. Mann appeared in I Remember Mama, Annie, and Kiss Me, Kate at the
Huron Playhouse in Ohio.
JESSICA SISSON (Helene) is originally from Jacksonville, N.C. by way ofWawaka,
Ind. Currently a junior theatre major, she most recently appeared in More Fun
Than Bowling, for which she received the Irene Ryan Nomination. Her other cred-its
include understudying the role of the Trash Can in On the 20th Century, Mercy
Lewis in The Crucible, and her favorite role as Janice Vickery in The Effects of Gamma
Rays .... When not in class or at rehearsal, Sisson works as a sandwich artist at the
Kendallville WalMart Subway and also as a member of the IPFW Department of
Theatre Box Office.
STEPHANIE VANDERWALL (Anne-Marie) is a senior theatre major at IPFW.
In the fall, Vanderwall appeared as Joan in The Lark in completion of her Senior
Performance Project requirement. Other roles include Fabiana Azizia Cunningham
in The Last Days of judas Iscariot in the Studio Theatre, Elizabeth Proctor in The
Crucible, Adriana in The Comedy of Errors, Amy in Tape, and Myra in Hay Fever.
JEFF CASAZZA (Director) is pleased to direct his first production for the IPFW
Department ofTheatre. Before receiving his M.F.A. in Directing from Florida State
University, he spent five years in various positions with the SteppenwolfTheatre in
Chicago while acting, writing, and directing for area theatres. Notable Chicago cred­its
include directing Antigone at Steppenwolf and a Joseph Jefferson Citation in play­writing
for his adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo (with David Zak). He and
his wife, Karin, created the Renegade Theatre Company to produce summer theatre
in Tallahassee, Fla., where he directed A Midsummer Night's Dream. His relationship
with Midsummer continued with his internship in London, where he worked with
Jonathan Miller on the play. He then spent two summers in North Carolina direct­ing
The Tempest and Macbeth at The Waterside Theatre while working as an assistant
stage manager for The Lost Colony. Before coming to IPFW, he spent several years
working in various capacities at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, primarily as the assis­tant
to the artistic director. While in the Indianapolis area, he directed for several the­atres
including the Phoenix, Bridgework, Edyvean, Indianapolis Civic, and numer­ous
universities. In 2003, the Arts Council of Indianapolis awarded him a Creative
Renewal Arts Fellowship, which allowed him to spend two summers training with
Anne Bogart and the SITI Company. Most recently, he was a visiting member of the
performance faculty at Purdue University, where he received Certificates of Merit in
Directing for his productions of As Bees in Honey Drown and Metamorphoses.
MARK RIDGEWAY (Set/Lighting Designer) is the assistant professor of scenic
and lighting design for the IPFW Department ofTheatre. He holds an M.F.A.
in Theatrical Design from The University ofTexas at Austin, an M.A. in Theatre
History/Design Theory from Northwestern University, and a B.S. in Dramatic
Television and Film Performance from Oral Roberts University. Before coming
to IPFW, Ridgeway served as an assistant professor of theatre at the University nf
Tennessee at Chattanooga. Ridgeway has designed scene~ and lighting for numerous
productions including Waiting for Godot, The Crucible, The Exonerated, Story Theatre,.:
Comedy of Errors, Purely Dance, Merrily We Roll Along, Music Man, Medea, Hay Fever,!
Oklahoma!, Arms and the Man, and All in the Timing. He has also designed scenery
and lighting in Texas, Tennessee, and Illinois including productions of Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern are Dead, The Illusion, Gint, Vinegar Tom, Baby with the Bathwater,
Caucasian Chalk Circle, 27 wagons Full of Cotton, This Property is Condemned, Talk
to the Rain ... and Let Me Listen, Chalky White Substance, The Coronation of Poppea,
Holiday, Wonderland!, and Never in My Lifetime. This past spring, Ridgeway directed
the Studio Theatre's production of Tape by Stephen Belber and a staged reading of
The Last Days of judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Most recently, he designed
Can-Can, Picnic, Sweet Charity, and Little Shop of Horrors for Tibbits Opera House
in Michigan. Ridgeway has worked with The Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Sharir
Dance Company, University ofTexas Opera Theatre, and University ofTennessee
Theatre Company as a designer or scenic artist.
CRAIG A. HUMPHREY (Costume Designer) is associate professor of costume
design and director of design/technology for the IPFW Department ofTheatre.
He has an M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts and a B.F.A. from Indiana
University of Pennsylvania. He directed the IPFW productions of The Lark, The
Crucible, On the Twentieth Century, Merrily We Roll Along, Hay Fever, Flora, The Red
Menace, She Loves Me, The Rivals, Ah, Wilderness!, Company, Arcadia, The Hot L
Baltimore, Into The Woods, and The Fantasticks. Other directorial efforts include the
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre's production of The Sound of Music and Arena Dinner
Theatre's productions of A Funny Thing Happened On The way To The Forum and
Once Upon A Mattress. His national design credits include productions in Chicago,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Mississippi. He studied with interna­tionally
renowned costume designer Laura Crow and assisted her on several produc­tions,
including the original off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's Burn
This. Locally, his designs have been seen in numerous shows, most recently including
The Crucible, Merrily We Roll Along, The Comedy of Errors, Once Upon a Mattress,
Oklahoma!, Arms and the Man, The Heiress, Macbeth, Bye Bye Birdie, The Tempest,
Arcadia, You Can't Take It With You, Dames at Sea, and Auntie Marne. As an actor,
Humphrey has appeared in The American Summer Classics Revue, Bye Bye Birdie, You
Can't Take It with You, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, The World
Goes Round, and Uncle Vtmya.
BILL KERCHEVAL (Technical Director) has worked with the IPFW Department of
Theatre since 1985. He has been a photographer, a stage manager, a house manager,
master carpenter, assistant stage manager, performer, and now technical director.
Kercheval has worked on Picasso At The Lapin Agile, The Rivals, Bye Bye Birdie, The
Tempest, You Can't Take It With You, Company, Edith Stein, Assassins, and The Hot L
Baltimore. He recently performed in The Music Man, The American Summer Classic
Revue, Funny Girl, and Into the Woods at IPFW.
THOMAS JOHN BERNARD (Costume Supervisor) is assistant professor of cos­tume
technology and the costume shop manager at IPFW. Bernard spent his summer
at Utah Shakespearean Festival where he worked on Candida and in Charlottesville,
Va., where he worked on the national tour of Gypsy. Some of his more recent designs
include On the 20th Century, Hay Fever, and Story Theater at IPFW They're
Playing Our Song for Tibbits Opera House in Coldwater, Mich. Our Town for First
Presbyterian Theatre and Greater Tuna, Oklahoma!, 1776, Out Of Order, Gypsy, and The
Wizard of Oz for the Barn Theater in Augusta, Mich. Before coming to IPFW, Bernard
was the production coordinator/ costume and scenic designer for Fargo/Moorhead
Community Theatre as well as costume director and designer for North Dakota State
University. Bernard has worked for several theatres across the country including the
Utah Shakespearean Festival, Little Theatre ofThe Rockies, The Guthrie Theatre of
Minneapolis, Phoenix Entertainment, and Summer Night in Chicago.
BRENT M. BRUIN (Stage Manager) is a senior theatre major at IPFW emphasiz­ing
in costume design and technology. Bruin's credits include The Lark, On the 20th
Century, Babes in Arms, and Merrily We Roll Along at IPFW He has also appeared
in Meet Me in St. Louis, Beauty and the Beast, and the Cole Porter Concert at the
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre. Bruin is the representative for the College of Visual and
Performing Arts to the student senate at IPFW
MARTY KERCHEVAL (Properties Designer) graduated from Purdue University
in 1996 with a degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision. Kercheval has
recently retired from Verizon and Northeast Indiana Public Radio (WBNI) and now
serves the IPFW Department ofTheatre as the resident properties designer. She has
worked as the stage manager for IPFW's Babes in Arms, The Music Man, Merrily We
Roll Along, Oklahoma!, The American Classic Summer Revue, On the Town, Bye Bye
Birdie, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. She has also designed
props for several IPFW productions including Babes in Arms, Story Theatre, Medea,
and Hay Fever. She has stage managed The Vtzgina Monologues at the Scottish Rite
Center and Lights On at the Embassy Centre.
JANET BONTRAGER (Assistant Stage Manager) is a returning student to IPFW,
majoring in theatre and focusing on directing. During her time at IPFW, she has
served as the assistant stage manger for The Lark and is stage manager of the high
school touring production of Brush Up Your Shakespeare. Bontrager works as the
drama director for Michiana Christian Home Educators in LaGrange County.
STAFF FOR A DOLL'S HOUSE
Stage Manager ........................................................................... BRENT M. BRUIN
Assistant Stage Managers ............ JANET BONTRAGER and DANNY GARETTO
Properties Designer .............................................................. MARTY KERCHEVAL
Assistant Director ........................................................................ JIM SCHNEIDER
Tarantella Choreographer ......................................... STEPHANIE VANDERWALL
Tarantella Consultant ......................................... BRITTNEYTYLER COUGHLIN
Tarantella Pianist ........................................................ HAMILTON TESCAROLLO
Carpenters ............................ JOSH CERRI, AL MOZENA, and CHRIS NELSON
Set Construction ................. MATT BERNDT, DEREK BEVER, GREG BOYLES,
JUSTIN CLEVENGER, BREONA CONRAD, BRITTANY CROW,
ADAM HAMILTON, ZACKARY HARSHMAN, NICK HENNEY,
SAMUEL HERBER, DAVID KAEHR, JON KASUNIC,
MATTHEW MASON, ALEX MILLER, JENNIFER NETTING,
JIM SCHNEIDER, MARC SCHULER, JESSICA SISSON,
JACOB SLONE, LUKE SOMMERS,
ERIC STEBBINS, and CAMI VANDERHART
Prop and Deck Crew ............... MARSHAL HEINGARTNER and JACOB SLONE
Light Board Operators .................................................................... GREG BOYLES
First Hand .......................................................................... REUBEN J. ALBAUGH
Stitchers ................................................. JANET BONTRAGER, BRENT BRUIN,
CATHERINE DEVENTER, COURTNEY ERICK, GEOFF GOELZ,
ABBY LANTZ, ASHLEY LEE, AARON MANN, KATIE O'ROUKE,
AMANDA PRATER, JESSICA SISSON,
EMILYTODD, and BRETT TUBBS
Wardrobe ................................................. DAVID KAEHR and AMANDA PATER
Sound Technician ................................................................ CAMI VANDERHART
House Manager ........................................ DAN AMBROSE and ANDY MAGNER
Box Office Manager ........................................................... REUBEN J. ALBAUGH
Box Office Personnel.. ....... BRENT BRUIN, GEOFF GOELZ, JESSICA SISSON,
AMANDA PRATER, and JAMES VELEZ
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are pleased to introduce you to this new feature in our production program, the
Production Notes. These notes will be academic in nature and speak to you from
the point of view of one or two of the many collaborators it takes to create our
productions. This time, Jeff Casazza, director of A Doll's House, shares his thoughts
about tonight's performance. In the future, expect comments from student actors,
faculty designers, or even any combination of these artists. Enjoy this added feature,
and we hope it enhances your theatre experience.
PRODUCTION NOTES FOR A DOLL'S HOUSE
As I began my work on A Doll's House, I thought about Nora. Is this play a simple
social commentary or is it a complex tragedy? Looking at the play as a story about
feminist ideals seems to simplify this play and diminish the character of Nora. Nora is
more than a feminist icon-she is a tragic hero with all the complexities of Hamlet or
Oedipus. And if she is that hero, how do we approach the tragedy? I started with the
title, which raised several questions. Whose house is it? Who controls the house? Who
is the doll: Nora or Torvald? Or even ... are we looking at a house made for dolls and is
everyone some kind of doll?
Children still play with dolls whether they are traditional dolls or the more male­friendly
action figures. They also play house and imitate what they see their parents
doing or maybe they create a "better" house in their minds. In either case, they create
a fantasy world based on what society teaches them-and the more powerful teaching
is what children see in society rather than what they are told.
In A Doll's House, this is evident in Nora and Torvald's relationship. Both have created
a strong fantasy world built on a weak foundation of little deceptions and long ago
lies. They both imitate the world that they were taught as children and perpetuate
that world with their own children. And what's more, they are successful in the world
because they do so.
The world of A Doll's House is harsh and unforgiving. We see this in the way Kristine
Linde and Nils Krogstad have been and continue to be treated. Mistakes are not
tolerated and immoral behavior is not forgiven. Torvald, however, follows all the rules
this harsh and unforgiving society places before him, and as a result, he and Nora are
on the verge of extreme happiness as the play begins. Their lives have been a constant
struggle, but they have found a way to be happy together within that struggle. Torvald
has just been hired in a position that gives him not only high status in this society but
financial security as well. He is the epitome of what society expects of a man and a
husband. And Nora is the epitome of what society expects of a woman and a wife ... or
at least she appears to be.
Ih true melodramatic fashion, we discover that Nora hopes for the miracle of a romantic
hero, and Torvald hopes to be that hero to his damsel in distress. As the play reaches its
climax~ we see what happens when this fantasy they both share becomes a reality leading
us to the ending that shocked the theatre world more than a century ago.
What I find interesting about that shocking ending is that the shock was caused both
by Nora's actions and because Ibsen deviated from the traditional structure of the
well-made play in the last few pages. Audiences were outraged because the traditional
structure didn't allow for Nora's actions. This leads me to two more questions. What
do those of you in the audience expect of theatre today? And more to the point, if you
know Ibsen's A Doll's House, what do you expect of it?
Jeff Casazza, director
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE FACULTY AND STAFF
Interim Dean-College of Visual and Performing Arts,
Professor of Playwriting ................................................... STEVEN T. SARRATORE
Professor and Chair ................................................................ JOHN O'CONNELL
Associate Professor of Costume Design,
Director of Design Technology ......................................... CRAIG A. HUMPHREY
Assistant Professor of Scenic/Lighting Design .......................... MARK RIDGEWAY
Assistant Professor of Theatre History ................................................ SHARI TROY
Assistant Professor of Costume Technology,
Costume Shop Supervisor ........................................ THOMAS JOHN BERNARD
Assistant Professor of Acting, Directing, Movement, and Voice ...... JEFF CASAZZA
Continuing Lecturer of Dance ........................... BRITTNEY TYLER COUGHLIN
Associate Faculty-Performance and Box Office Manager ....... REUBEN ALBAUGH
Associate Faculty-Performance ..................................... MAGGIE KOLE-HUNTER
Associate Faculty-Performance .......................................................... JEFF MOORE
Associate Faculty-Dance ........................................... LISA BOTTITTA-BUSFIELD
Technical Director ...................................................................... BILL KERCHIVAL
Secretary ................................................................... JOANNE SCHULTZ-ITHIER
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Williams Theatre
The Lark isa highly theatrical retelling of the life of Joan of Arc. Told
through the framework o,f h~r trial, the play moves freely through time
and place, backward and forward, playing out the incidents of Joan's life.
The Lark presents two viewpoints on the familiar story. We see Joan the
r~l~ctapt martyr, who bec~rne a symbol of faith and courage forever, and
·Joan the ~imple peasant girl struggling, with honesty and dignity, to make
CAMPAIGN fortheARTS
The Department ofTheatre seeks your assistance in the College of Visual
and Performing Arts' Campaign for the Arts. Our mission is four-fold:
to offer the academic degree programs most in demand by area citizens;
to provide the northeast Indiana region with exceptionally high-quality
theatrical performances by students, faculty, and community members; to
offer to the community various theatrical services, such as student matinees
and theatre training through the IPFW Community Arts Academy; and to
provide a continuum of outreach activities to the greater northeast Indiana
community.
Our vision is to be widely recognized as the major theatre resource center for
the Greater Fort Wayne and northeast Indiana communities. To meet this
challenge, we need your help!
IPFW is a state-assisted-not state-supported--university. Furthermore, we
are allocated only about one-half of the state dollars that the main
campuses receive per student. This, in turn, directly impacts the theatre
department with severe budgetary constraints. Your dollars are essential to
help us move forward with our commitments to northeast Indiana.
Scholarships for our talented students are a very high priority. Please
consider joining the VPA Sterling Scholarship Society through a three-year
commitment of $300 or more per year. Details are available on the VPA Web
site at www.pfw.edu/vpa.
Should you be interested in helping to financially support us in our mission,
please contact John O'Connell, chair of the Department of Theatre, at
260-481-6550. Your contribution will enable us in our mission to keep our
academic programs current, continue diversity in theatre programming, and
maintain our commitment to northeast Indiana through our service and
outreach activities.
Please become a member of our Campaign for the Arts by choosing one of
the giving categories described on the next page. And remember, your gift is
tax deductible.
Please join our
CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS
by selecting the giving level of your choice.
Society of Champions of the Arts Membership Levels
Platinum $25,000 and up
Gold $15,000 to $24,999
Silver $10,000 to $14,999
Bronze $5,000 to $9,999
Dean's Club $2,000 to $4,999
Director's Circle $500 to $1,999
VPA Sterling Scholarship Society
Patron $250 to $499
Century Club $100 to $249
Friend $50 to $99
Contributor $25 to $49
Name __________________________________________________ __
Address. _________________________________________________ _
City, State, Zip Code-----------------------------------------
Telephone ( _____ ) __ _ Amount of Gift $ _________________ _
Please indicate where you would like your contribution to go:
0 Theatre Gift 0 Theatre Scholarship
Please mark the project you choose to support, and send your check
payable to the Indiana-Purdue Foundation:
IPFW T.
CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS
IPFW College ofVisual and Performing Arts
21 0 1 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499
260-481-6977
CHAMPIONS oftheARTS
Platinum
lone Auer
Dan Butler
Philip R. Rhinehart
Ruth Rhinehart
Steven N. Rhinehart
Julie R. Waterfield
Susan L. Watkins
Bronze
June Enoch
Dr. Louis and Anne B. Schneider
Foundation
Dean's Club
Lorraine Davis
Director's Circle
2007-08 THEATRE DONORS
The generous support of these theatre contributors
provides exceptional opportunities for theatre students.
Century Club
Arts Advocates of IPFW
Adie and Dick Baach
Angela Boerger
Rita Caldwell
Vickie and John Dahl Jr.
Gwen and Dick DeKay
Suzanne Echtenkamp
Kay and Ken Folks
Fort Wayne Jewish Federation
Reverend and Mrs. Richard Frazier
Ronnie and Norm Greenberg
Victor and Lois Guess
Carol Isaacs
Alfred and Carol Moellering
Suzon Motz
Norfolk Southern Foundation
Marthe Rosenfeld
Fort Wayne Community Foundation
Patricia Griest
Joseph and Linda Ruffolo
Steve and Jan Sarratore
P. Michael Schaub
Richard and Barbara Hill
Marcia Howard
John Shoaff and Julie Donnell
Robert and Irene Walters
Hildreth Williams
Daniel and Beth Zweig
Patrons
Daniel and Margaret Angel
Arts Advocates of IPFW
Chris and Chad Feay
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Glassley
Lois Hess
J. Randolph Kirby
Michelle Kraus
Barbara Lloyd and Carlos Pomalaza-Raez
Sisters of St. Joseph
Robert Smith
Jay and Bronwyn Thayer
Shari Troy
Janice Burgette
ancy and Richard Cook
Avon Crismore
Firehouse Theatre
Jane Frazier
Rikki and Leonard Goldstein
Alan Hofer
Mary Lou and Edward Hutter
Dale Kelly
Janice McNellis
June Moord
JoAnn Mullen
Helen Pyles
Leslie Raymer
Marthe Rosenfeld
Anne Rowland
Lois and Richard Safran
Robert and Mary Short
Kirk and Elizabeth Shuster
Beny Sowers
Diana Updike
Nancy Vendrely
Ann and Paul Weber
Contributors
Joanne and Donald Admas
Terri and Nelson Behar
Norma and Louis Blankenship
Ranae Butler and Austin Berger
Jean Chase
Richard and Nancy Cook
Kelly and Thomas Dahm
Dr. Miles S. Edwards
Ann and Francis Frellick
CHAMPIONS OF THE ARTS
2007-08 THEATRE DONORS
continued «
Larry and Julia Hook
Karen and John Hutmacher
Ruth Langhinrichs
Myra Mae McFarland
Merle and Dick Miers
Kenton Neuhauser and Jeffrey Markley
Shirley and Bob Nicolai
Mary Okeson
Jessica and Shawn Parr
Susan and Michael Pries
Stanley and Emma Reidenbach
Robert D. Reynolds
Stephen and Jill Sosenheimer
Beth Troy
Ann and Owen Wade
VPA Sterling
Scholarship Society
Richard and Barbara Hill
Herbert and Lorraine Weier
Daniel and Beth Zweig
Gifts-in-Kind
Jack Baker
Theresa Ehrman-Yankowiak
Larry Life
Elizabeth Merkler
Virginia Needler
Dustin Reed
James and Barbara Romines
Scott Romines
Terry Romines
Greg Savini
Jeanne Winnick
The theatre donor list is updated at the beginning of each semester.
Department of. Music
Upcoming 2007-08 Conce
Faculty Student Showcase Recital
Saturday, Feb. 23, 7:30p.m.
Rhinehart Recital Hall
Cornlllunity Orchestra
Monday, Feb. 25, 7:30
David B. Cooke,
Auer uartnrm'~'
_First Presbyterian Theater presents
PT
Feb 28-March 15
Beatrice and Benedick love
each other but can't admit it.
Instead, they play out their
passion through exquisite
wit and delicious banter.
Subplots abound: an evil
don is out to destroy his
brother, a gullible young
lover believes slanderous
lies about his beautiful fian­cee,
and the outrageously
Barney Fifeish Constable
Dogberry is there to investi­gate.
Who knew this much
ado about nothing could be
so much fun? Box Office 4 22-63 2 9
Rated: G.
! CHAMPIONS
of the ARTS
We would like to thank our
season sponsors for their support:
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DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
Mission Statement
The mission of the Department of Theatre is to:
• Educate its students within a broad liberal arts framework in the art, craft,
and discipline of theatre, through programs offering both classroom study
and experiential production activities.
• Serve the university community through its productions and general
education offerings.
• Provide culturally enriching activities to the northeast Indiana region.
The program in theatre is specifically designed to combine classroom
instruction with practical production experience, as both are integral to the
student's development during the university educational process. Classroom
experiences provide theoretical, historical, and critical examinations of the
theatre as art, craft, and discipline. Production experiences provide practical
opportunities for exploring and applying the theories, concepts, and
standards investigated in the classroom.
There are three aspects of the degree for a theatre major: the classes
directly related to the area of emphasis within the program such as acting,
directing, design, etc.; general theatre classes such as theatre history
and dramatic literature; and general education classes such as English,
psychology, and philosophy. All three aspects of the curriculum are
important for a fully realized degree in theatre. The faculty of the theatre
program at IPFW believes that the study of theatre is a superb foundation
for a liberal arts education. By studying the many facets of this art form,
the student learns to apply history, art, psychology, sociology, philosophy,
political/economic systems, and many other disciplines toward the creation
of a shared theatrical event.
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Arena Dinner Theatre
2007-08 Season
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The Box Office opens two weeks prior to each production. Hours: 9 a.rn.-1 p.m.
Season ticket: $180. Single ticket: $30, includes dinner and the show.
For reservations, call 424-5622
Arena Dinner Theatre • 719 Rockhill, Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Fort Wayne Theatre Happenings
A Doll's House
IPFW Department ofTheatre - Williams Theatre
February 22, 23, 28, 29 and March 1, 2
The Odd Couple
Arena Dinner T heatre
February 29 and March 1, 7, 8, 14, 15
Much Ado About Nothing
First Presbyterian Theater
February 28, 29 and March 1, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15
Ramona Quimby
You theatre
February 16, 17
Fred Fenster: Metalsmithing
Created and Collected
Works created and collected by Fred Fenster, professor emeritis
of the University of Wisconsin Madison, will be on display.
Artist Reception: Sunday, February 24, 4-7 p.m.
Admission is free.
Call the Department of Fine Arts at 260-481-6705.
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something special, call ...
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